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PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME.
BY G. WOODFALL, PATERNOSTER-ROW.
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Geographical Situation of Jamaica.-Sketch
of its Discovery, and Settlement, and
subsequent History
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CHAPTER II.
Voyage to Jamaica.- Aspect of the Coun-
try.--View of the Interior.—Division
into Counties and Parishes.-Towns and
Villages, Houses, Bridges, Roads, &c.
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CHAPTER III.
Soil.-Climate.--Seasons.-Diseases inci-
dent to the whites.-Precautions to guard
against sickness.-Earthquakes.-Hur-
ricanes. -Description of one.-Opinion
the Negroes have of those visitations
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CHAPTER IV.
Government, &c.—Laws.---Litigiousness,
&c. of the people.—Ecclesiastical affairs.
Parochial regulations